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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 232 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Akbari |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0232 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 000633 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 7, relative to polling places. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-7-111, is amended by adding the |
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| 18 | 17 | | following as a new subsection: |
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| 19 | 18 | | (e) A county election commission may designate restroom facilities in a building |
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| 20 | 19 | | in which the election is to be held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working |
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| 21 | 20 | | for a campaign. Workers and volunteers of a campaign working outside of a polling |
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| 22 | 21 | | place may use restroom facilities in the building in which the election is held that have |
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| 23 | 22 | | been designated for use by workers or volunteers working for a campaign, but shall not |
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| 24 | 23 | | enter the polling place. A worker or volunteer of a campaign shall cover or remove |
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| 25 | 24 | | clothing or accoutrements bearing campaign material before entering the boundary |
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| 26 | 25 | | designated under subsection (a). A worker or volunteer of a campaign who enters the |
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| 27 | 26 | | boundary without covering or removing campaign material, or who attempts to solicit |
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| 28 | 27 | | votes within the boundary, may be subject to punishment under ยง 2-19-119. |
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| 29 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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